Hello,

I have a CentOS 8.3 + updates host in a 4.4.4 environment.

The web admin gui shows that it needs to upgrade to some packages.

The check event in web admin gui says:

Check for available updates on host ov300 was completed successfully with message 'nss.x86_64, grub2-tools-efi.x86_64, bind-utils.x86_64, dracut-network.x86_64, libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu.x86_64, qemu-kvm-common.x86_64, libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi.x86_64, libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev.x86_64, nss-sysinit.x86_64, grub2-tools-minimal.x86_64 and 74 others. To see all packages check engine.log.'.

If I go to engine in file ovirt-host-mgmt-ansible-check-.....log I get:

          "yum_result" : "bind-export-libs.x86_64\nbind-libs.x86_64\nbind-libs-lite.x86_64\nbind-lic
ense.noarch\nbind-utils.x86_64\nbpftool.x86_64\nbuildah.x86_64\ncockpit-podman.noarch\nconmon.x86_64
\ncontainer-selinux.noarch\ncontainernetworking-plugins.x86_64\ncontainers-common.x86_64\ncriu.x86_6
4\ndbxtool.x86_64\ndracut.x86_64\ndracut-config-rescue.x86_64\ndracut-network.x86_64\ndracut-squash.
x86_64\nfuse-overlayfs.x86_64\ngrub2-common.noarch\ngrub2-efi-x64.x86_64\ngrub2-tools.x86_64\ngrub2-
tools-extra.x86_64\ngrub2-tools-minimal.x86_64\nkernel.x86_64\nkernel-core.x86_64\nkernel-modules.x8
6_64\nkernel-tools.x86_64\nkernel-tools-libs.x86_64\nkmod-megaraid_sas.x86_64\nlibtpms.x86_64\nlibvi
rt-admin.x86_64\nlibvirt-bash-completion.x86_64\nlibvirt-client.x86_64\nlibvirt-daemon.x86_64\nlibvi
rt-daemon-config-network.x86_64\nlibvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter.x86_64\nlibvirt-daemon-driver-interf
ace.x86_64\nlibvirt-daemon-driver-network.x86_64\nlibvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev.x86_64\nlibvirt-daem
on-driver-nwfilter.x86_64\nlibvirt-daemon-driver-qemu.x86_64\nlibvirt-daemon-driver-secret.x86_64\nl
ibvirt-daemon-driver-storage.x86_64\nlibvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core.x86_64\nlibvirt-daemon-drive
r-storage-disk.x86_64\nlibvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster.x86_64\nlibvirt-daemon-driver-storage-i
scsi.x86_64\nlibvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct.x86_64\nlibvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logica
l.x86_64\nlibvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath.x86_64\nlibvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd.x86_64\nlibv
irt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi.x86_64\nlibvirt-daemon-kvm.x86_64\nlibvirt-libs.x86_64\nlibvirt-lock-
sanlock.x86_64\nmicrocode_ctl.x86_64\nnss.x86_64\nnss-softokn.x86_64\nnss-softokn-freebl.x86_64\nnss
-sysinit.x86_64\nnss-tools.x86_64\nnss-util.x86_64\npodman.x86_64\npodman-catatonit.x86_64\npython3-
bind.noarch\npython3-libvirt.x86_64\npython3-perf.x86_64\nqemu-img.x86_64\nqemu-kvm.x86_64\nqemu-kvm
-block-curl.x86_64\nqemu-kvm-block-gluster.x86_64\nqemu-kvm-block-iscsi.x86_64\nqemu-kvm-block-rbd.x
86_64\nqemu-kvm-block-ssh.x86_64\nqemu-kvm-common.x86_64\nqemu-kvm-core.x86_64\nrunc.x86_64\nslirp4n
etns.x86_64\nswtpm.x86_64\nswtpm-libs.x86_64\nswtpm-tools.x86_64\nvirt-v2v.x86_64\ngrub2-tools.x86_64\ngrub2-tools-efi.x86_64\ngrub2-tools-extra.x86_64\ngrub2-tools-minimal.x86_64\n"

I upgrade the host from the gui (without restart).

So far so good.

But now if I connect to the host I get:

[root@ov300 ~]# yum update
Last metadata expiration check: 0:05:42 ago on Mon 15 Mar 2021 09:36:31 AM CET.
Dependencies resolved.
====================================================================================================
 Package           Architecture     Version                Repository                          Size
====================================================================================================
Upgrading:
 ansible           noarch           2.9.18-2.el8           ovirt-4.4-centos-ovirt44            17 M

Transaction Summary
====================================================================================================
Upgrade  1 Package

Total size: 17 M
Is this ok [y/N]:

Current version:

[root@ov300 ~]# rpm -q ansible
ansible-2.9.16-2.el8.noarch
[root@ov300 ~]#

Any suggestions on what is the right thing to do? Why the ansible package was not updated and why it was not put into a sort of black list if it is correct to do so?

Thanks,

Gianluca